How To Install gnome-twitch on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-twitch on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-twitch`

gnome-twitch is:

gnome-twitch provides a GTK3 interface for viewing streams on Twitch. At the moment you can

browse popular streams,
browse streams by game,
search for streams,
view streams,
use the chat with a Twitch account,
change the video quality,
follow streams on your Twitch account and
switch between player backends. More features like recording streams, VODs (Video-On-Demand), integration of Twitch account features like following streams are planned.

There are three methods to install gnome-twitch on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-twitch Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-twitch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-twitch

Install gnome-twitch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-twitch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-twitch

Install gnome-twitch Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-twitch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-twitch

How To Uninstall gnome-twitch on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnome-twitch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-twitch

Uninstall gnome-twitch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-twitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-twitch

Remove gnome-twitch Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-twitch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-twitch

Remove gnome-twitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-twitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-twitch

Dependencies

gnome-twitch have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-twitch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-twitch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.